rivers
lakes
geographical regions
highest point
misc.
100
Sabine River
Which river makes up Louisiana's western boundary?
100
Lake Pontchartrain
What is the name of the largest natural lake in Louisiana?
100
Samuel Lockett
Who established the five geographical regions of Louisiana by traveling and discovering them?
100
Mt. Driskill
What is the name of the highest point in Louisiana?
100
Jefferson Island, Avery Island, Belle Isle, Cote Blanche, or Weeks Island
Name one of the five salt domes found in south Louisiana?
200
Sabine River
The name of Louisiana's largest man-made lake is found as a part of which river?
200
Lake Caddo
What is an example of a lake resulting from a logjam?
200
Terraces
Which type of land was formed by the previous paths of the Mississippi River?
200
535 feet high
How high is the highest point in Louisiana?
200
salt, petroleum or sulfer
Name a mineral found in a salt dome?
300
Red River
Which river makes up the boundary between Oklahoma and Texas--and cuts Louisiana diagonally?
300
White Lake
What is an example of a marsh lake?
300
alluvial soil
What is the name of soil carried and deposited by the Mississippi River?
300
an island
What is the name of a prominent, higher feature of land surrounded by marsh?
300
bayou
What is the name of a slow-moving body of water?
400
Atchafalaya
Which river means "long river" in the Indian language?
400
Lake Bruin
What is an example of a cut-off lake?
400
marsh
What is the name of a flooded, treeless plain?
400
33 degrees north
What is the latitude of Louisiana's northernmost boundary?
400
64
How many parishes are in Louisiana?
500
Red River
The city of Alexandrian sits on which river?
500
Captain Henry Miller Shreve
Who cleared the Red River of logjams--allowing settlers to move to northwestern Louisiana?
500
chenier
What is the name of land ridges which form marsh lakes?
500
False
True or False?: Mt. Driskill is a true mountain--by definition.
500
brackish
What is water that is not fully fresh water and not full salt water?
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